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143247 KU Sound Patterns in African Languages - Theories and Analysis in Phonology (2024W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Mo 07.10. 11:00-13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10

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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 14.10. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 21.10. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 28.10. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 04.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 11.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 18.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 25.11. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 02.12. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 09.12. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 16.12. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 13.01. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 20.01. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Monday 27.01. 11:00 - 13:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Course description
This is a graduate level seminar which will explore the sound system (phonological analysis) of some African languages, broadly construed: their phonetics and phonology, and the phonology-phonetics and phonology-morphology interfaces. The main focus will be on those aspects of the sound systems that are typologically unusual and of special theoretical interest. It discusses critical issues of selected African languages within theoretical approaches such as Optimality Theory, Emergent Phonology, Tier-Based approaches, Templatic Morphology and others. Some topics to be covered include tone, vowel harmony, vowel alternation, reduplication, syllable structure, stress, prosodic morphology, etc.

Potential topics

Distribution
- Patterns of sound co-occurrence (e.g., vowel co-occurrence in Kikuyu; Luganda liquids and complementary distribution, etc)
Tone
- Tonal distribution (e.g., OT analysis of tone alternation in Mende, tone polarity in Dagaare, Buli, Konni, etc)
Syllable
- Syllable and segmental processes (e.g., syllable structure analysis in Diola-Fogny, syllable formation and analysis in Fula, etc)
Harmony
- Vowel harmony (e.g., OT and Emergent Phonological analysis of ATR harmony in Dagaare, Degema, Yoruba, Dagbani, etc, rounding, height harmony
- Consonant harmony (e.g., nasal harmony in Yaka, Ikwere, etc)
Prosodic Morphology
- E.g., prosodic misalignment in Swati
- Templatic morphology
Reduplication
- E.g., Akan reduplication; reduplication in Bukusu, etc

Assessment and permitted materials

A final exam at the end of the semester for BA and MA-students; In addition, MA students must (for the additional ECTS) write a short paper of one of the topics.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Prerequisite: a good background in introductory and or advanced phonological analysis

Examination topics

The content that will be discussed during the semester along with the related literature.

Reading list

Literatur (Printwerke und audiovisuelle Medien) werden im Laufe des Semesters im begleitenden Moodlekurs bekannt gegeben.

Association in the course directory

SAS.GR
SAS.L3

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